Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Drive in movie theaters

when more that 5,000 drive-in movie theaters dotted the American landscape. On June 6, 1933, Richard Hollingshead Jr. opened the first drive-in theater on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey. Except he didnt call it a drive-in theater.

Todays Google doodle celebrates the first drive-in theater, opened on June 6, 1933, by Richard Hollingshead Jr. The Doodle plays like a movie, slowly panning over During drive-in theaters heyday in the 50s there were as many as 4,000 in the U.

(USA Today)

Behind the green robot, on the drive-in movie itself, a typical Hitchcockian scene plays They were fodder for the drive-in theaters and Saturday matinees." Next up: Googles secret code.

(The Christian Science Monitor)

It is amazing but the drive in movie theaters still do exist. After doing some searching. There are a few drive in movie theaters locally.

(Examiner)

That milestone occurred June 6, 1933 in Camden, N.J. when Richard Hollingshead Jr. launched the first drive-in theater only three weeks after patenting his idea.

(CrabbyGolightly.com)

With many nowadays solely relying on their laptops and Netflix to watch movies, drive-in movie theaters have become a relic of the past for the latest generation.

(International Business Times)

I think drive-in theaters are very special, unique among screening experiences. Its one of the reasons Tim Leagues Rolling Roadshow through the Alamo Drafthouse is so inspirational.

(HitFix)

you probably noticed that todays Google Doodle pays tribute to the the 79th anniversary of the first drive-in movie theater. It just so happens that there are two active drive-in movie theaters here in the Tri-State for you to check out.